By Daniel Lovering FALL RIVER, Massachusetts, March 3 (Reuters) - Former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez exchanged text messages with the man he is charged with murdering in the hours before the killing took place, according to cell phone records shown in court on Tuesday. Raymond…

The Panthers win and lose by the arm and legs of Cam Newton, and after playoff appearances in each of the last two seasons, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio believes the passer deserves to be compensated now. Florio discusses that and more as he breaks down Carolina’s to-do list.

Josh McCown barely knows Johnny Manziel. While the newest Browns quarterback isn't walking into Cleveland's quarterbacking quandary with any guarantees, he recognizes his obligation to help Manziel the way he would any teammate. McCown, 35 and heading into his 13th NFL season, signed a huge deal as…

Australian rugby star Jarryd Hayne has agreed to a contract with the San Francisco 49ers, a person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday. Hayne is giving up his career in the Australian National Rugby League to pursue an NFL job across the world. The 27-year-old Hayne, who is 6-foot-2 and 220…

From famed Super Bowl gatecrasher Dion Rich to an unofficial mascot called Boltman, Chargers fans turned out Monday night to support their team, which is threatening to move to a Los Angeles suburb if it doesn't get a new stadium in San Diego. Some 400 fans, many wearing Chargers jerseys, packed a…

By Daniel Lovering FALL RIVER, Massachusetts, March 2 (Reuters) - The sister of a man allegedly shot to death by former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez said on Monday she saw her brother get into a car outside their family's Boston home shortly before he was killed. Shaquilla Thibou,…

Prosecutors in the murder trial of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez asked the judge Monday to let them tell jurors about his involvement in a friend's shooting in Florida, saying it contradicts the argument his defense team has presented: He would not shoot a friend. Superior…

Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency begins March 10 after the Detroit Lions did not use the franchise tag on the star defensive tackle. The deadline for teams to designate franchise or transition players came and went Monday, and the Lions did not say anything publicly about…

Two top National Football League receivers, Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys and Demaryius Thomas of Denver, were among those given a "franchise player" tag on Monday by their clubs. On the deadline day for teams to decide which players will be given the label, Dallas made the move to keep Bryant…

The kind of player a team can build a pass rush around, if he were spending more time on the football field and less in the courts fighting domestic abuse charges. Greg Hardy's current team, the Carolina Panthers, isn't expected to make him an offer. If the Minnesota Vikings wouldn't support him…

The exclusive Canadian broadcaster of the Super Bowl is fighting for the right to sell domestic advertising during the blockbuster U.S. football game after a television regulator blocked the practice last month. BCE Inc's Bell Media unit filed a motion to the Federal Court of Appeal on Monday…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Patriots fans who can't get enough of the team's Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks now have a chance to watch not just Malcolm Butler's game-clinching interception but all of the key plays during the season that led up to it.

Police in California say they will not file charges against Green Bay Packers cornerback Jarrett Bush in connection with a scrum outside a restaurant. Authorities in Vacaville, California said Monday in a statement that the 30-year-old Bush was cooperative with officers after initially being…